Name Legacy

Shanetta

Recorded 1969–2002 · United States

Shanetta was most popular in 1979, when 54 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,036 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 913 people named Shanetta.

Most popular in1979
Rank that year#3,036
Births that year54
Total since 1880913
Given to100% girls

Shanetta over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Shanetta’s peak in 1979. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shanetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shanetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 913 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Shanetta is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org